Terry Bellos

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
― Noam Chomsky, The Common Good

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury